PFCOR@aol.com writes: >> The thumb represents the direction of the boat, the fingers >indicate the >> rotation of the engine and the direction the fingers point >indicate the >> sternwalking direction when the boat moves in the direction of >the thumb. >> >If I curl my fingers into a "semi-fist", the fingers point to the >heel of my >hand. i don't follow this. Paula: some mneonics are harder to follow than the ten commandments. I don't get it either.... However the quote i published earlier on backing a single screw works well for me and astounds my neighbours: "I routinely backed my single screw Victory tug with little problems after a tugboat Captain told me how. Here it is again" "for a right hand screw (my tug was a left hand screw), ; turn the rudder full left. Then back a little, and as your stern starts to move to the left, kick it ahead a little (with the rudder over hard, you will move the stern back to the right smartly without moving ahead. Then back some more. With practice you can almost back in a.straight line. Before you start the backing, take into consideration the wind and current and you will have little problem after awhile." Ciao - George

jim_donohue@computer.org writes: >Pres. announced this morning that SA is no more as of midnight >tonight. > >Actually the DofD has figured out how to do it selectively when >needed - but >no more blanket SA. What are we discussing here????

veyron@ibm.net writes: >I just checked the information and it is true. Canada seems to be >the first >of four countries which will allow to design your own stamps. It >will cost >1$ for a 46 cents stamp, to put your own picture, or cat, or boat. >There is >an ethical debate actually about what can be and cannot be on a stamp >(nudity, bad taste, violence, etc) Please, please give me more info where and how to apply for this service. I think it's absolutely great and hope you're not just pulling our legs.... Gg

jhamlin@northernway.net writes: >repowered with twin Duetz's, I believe it's spelled DEUTZ. I'd be careful about the spelling, otherwise they might run backwards :-)

veyron@ibm.net writes: > >usual stuff applies : I don't own Canada Post! > > > >Bernard You actually do - at least a small part of it. Thanks for all the info. Gg

JRenforth@intermedia.com writes: >Can anyone tell me if the option described above (buying a >fishfinder) >instead of trying to get repairs for the depth finder will work if >"gluing >the sending unit to a near horizontal section INSIDE (the) hull" >will work >on a steel hull ??? Had same discusioin with a neighbour who has a steel hull. Don't know, but since i have a spare unit, will try in the next few weeks and let you know. My hull is glass and I'm the one who originally posted the fishfinder thing and it still works graeat after three years. Ciao- George of Scaramouche

Gcrocket@aol.com writes: >of the bilge in my 36 ft MT trawler. It appears to be a >twist-to-expand >rubber plug attached to a chain directly in the bottom of the boat. >I don't >have the nerve to pull it out and find out while the boat is in the >water, Gee, where is your spirit of adventure? I have a thru-hull fitting that holds the knotmeter paddle wheel. To clean it, one pulls it out which leaves a 1.5 inch hole in the bottom of the boat. Makes for lots of fun with squeamish guests. Perhaps your little plug was put there for similar reasons (getting screams out of novices). And if that doesn't scare 'em enough, I wait 'till we're a few miles out and then kill the engine. Then I declare the starter to be dead and get my guests to handcrank the diesel. Did I mention I'm something of an old curmudgeon?